A pangenomic approach reveals the sources of genetic variation fueling the rapid radiation of Capuchino Seedeaters
María Recuerda, Simón Kraemer, Jonas Rafael Rodrigues Rosoni, Márcio Repenning, Melanie Browne, Juan Francisco Cataudela, Adrián Santiago Di Giacomo, Cecilia Kopuchian, Leonardo Campagna
The paper uses a pangenome of Capuchino Seedeaters to show that small SNPs and indels, not large structural variants, drive species divergence and plumage diversity.
Evolution · Sep 23, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology